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| Hans Georg Leiendecker |
At times we dare not hope to believe what we know in our hearts to be true.
For every failing, there is in truth, and a resilient strength. Our perceptions of ourselves and of the world is skewed by doubt and hopeless rectitude.
Yet beauty abounds and succeeds - and if we slow down and look for it, beauty shall reveal itself in everything everywhere.
The principle ‘seek and ye shall find’ is kaleidoscopic in its deference - meaning that exactly what you seek to find, you shall.
With a filter of sadness you will see sadness, when looking for a dilemma or conflict you will see the same - yet the vision of Christ is wondrous and exalted and no less, and there amongst entirety: surprisingly, joyfully, remarkably, uniquely, succinctly, cohesively, revealingly.
This beauty bears His Love, and although it may seem to be counter instinct when hard times come to look for beauty - in the world it is a salve - and for the peace of mind which in turn shall lend to a more qualified life it may train one to habitually consider “where is the beauty in this situation?” Rather than dark thoughts of worry or judgement which one may discern, let beauty be our teacher and redeemer to all that is hidden and yet to be revealed.
The esoteric pupil must try to discover the positive in every phenomenon and in every being. He will then soon notice a hidden beauty underneath the ugly outer appearance, that even behind the exterior of a criminal something good can be found, that even in a mentally disturbed person, in one way or another, the divine soul is hidden.
ReplyDeleteThis exercise is somewhat related to what one calls refraining from criticism. However, one must not conceive this matter as if one should call black white and white black. There is a difference between an evaluation that emanates from the personality and is based on personal sympathy and antipathy. There is another standpoint possible where someone places him- or herself lovingly in the place of an unfamiliar phenomenon or being and constantly wondering: how does the other come to be like this or do things in this way?
From such a position, it happens naturally that a person will be more apt to want to help the other to overcome his or her imperfections instead of merely commenting or criticising.
- Rudolf Steiner